Cheilodipterus
Genus of fishes
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Cheilodipterus is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
| Cheilodipterus | |
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| Cheilodipterus artus | |
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| Cheilodipterus intermedius | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Cheilodipterus Lacépède, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède, 1801[1] | |
Species
The 17 recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Cheilodipterus alleni Gon, 1993 (Allen's cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus arabicus (Gmelin, 1789) (tiger cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus artus J. L. B. Smith, 1961 (wolf cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus intermedius Gon, 1993 (intermediate cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus isostigmus (L. P. Schultz, 1940) (dog-toothed cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus lachneri Klausewitz, 1959 (Aqaba cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacépède, 1802) (large-toothed cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
- Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell, 1838) (Indian Ocean two-spot cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus octovittatus G. Cuvier, 1828
- Cheilodipterus parazonatus Gon, 1993 (mimic cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus persicus Gon, 1993 (Persian cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus pygmaios Gon, 1993
- Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus G. Cuvier, 1828 (five-lined cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus singapurensis Bleeker, 1860 (truncated cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus subulatus M. C. W. Weber, 1909
- Cheilodipterus zonatus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (yellowbelly cardinalfish)
